Category: Random Draws

Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast for getting the “Jan Lokpal Bill” passed has met with almost universal approval. The media frenzy has caught the Indian public’s attention to an extent that they generally reserve for more important matters such as a cricket match. One could argue that both the public obsession with cricket and the current spectacle of a public fast share a common origin, the deep-seated desire of the people to participate in what they believe are events of great significance. Mob hysteria is awesome to behold but rarely if ever leads to beneficial outcomes.
Continue reading “Anna Hazare Goes to New Delhi”

My colleague Rajesh Jain has a “Big Ideas Contest” going on at his blog. Here are the details:
Continue reading “Big Ideas for India Contest at Rajesh Jain’s Blog”

‘Italian by birth and Catholic by baptism‘ is the title of a very brief item by John Maclithon in DNA. It can be best characterized as a confession. He was the only foreign journalist to be awarded the Padma Shri, and that too by the Congress party, which he says was surprising since he has “always been a vocal critic of the Nehru dynasty.” Indira Gandhi, he claims, wanted to throw him in jail during the Emergency. He goes on to confess that he was wrong about India — and how.
Continue reading “An Era of Darkness Under Antonia Maino aka Sonia Gandhi”

Looks like there’s going to be tough times for body-shopping companies. Is the H1-B visa gravy train derailing?

{Link courtesy of Rajan Parrikar.}

Here’s a comment that I believe requires a detailed answer. It was made in the post Manmohan Singh Epitomizes Evil. First, though, here’s the comment by Aaren:
Continue reading “India Needs New Policymakers”

Mama Maino Brand Pickle. Now available all across India. 100% Free of Honesty, Decency and Integrity. Produced by UPA. Marketed by Manmohan.

{The picture is doing the rounds in the interwebs. It was forwarded to me by my friend Yoga. Feel free to distribute it as widely as you can.}

The Fake PM’s Speech in one handy page. First posted in June 2007 in five parts, now released in a new single-page format! The wonders of technology, I tell you.

Julius Caesar was warned by a soothsayer to “beware the ides of March.” The ides of March is today, the 15th of March. Good ol’ Julius disregarded the warning and on this fateful day in 44 BCE he fell dead, assassinated by his friend Marcus Brutus. As Shakespeare wrote, it was the most unkindest cut of all. (“most unkindest”? Bill, Bill, when will you learn how to write English!)
Continue reading “Beware the Ides of March”

Thus have I heard.

The representatives of the sheep were granted an audience with the public-relations head of the gang of wolves. The complaint was that the wolves are starving the sheep — which is unacceptable since while wolves eating sheep was consistent with the law of the jungle, starving them was not only cruel and unnatural, it was a short-sighted policy since in the end, the wolves would have to eat tough skinny meat.
Continue reading “Indians Against Corruption meets Manmohan Singh”

You must read Keith Hudson’s blog. Here’s one post from it which I am stealing lock, stock, and barrel.
Continue reading “Keith Hudson: “Little hope for the ordinary folk of the Middle East””